No, the part that is erupting is under a glacier so at the moment it's OK, it's in a different part to the Bardarbunga volcano. No flights are allowed there at the moment. It's all down to if it's a big eruption from the volcano itself. At the moment it's looking like this: www.ruv.is/frett/live-webcam-of-bardarbunga-volcano

We've just flown from the US landing this morning. Dh was following the volcano info the last day or two as he was concerned about flights being affected. Dd was hoping it would abrupt and ground us on holiday; she remembers people being stuck on holiday the last time.

There are several hundred feet of ice on top of the volcano. So even though it has started erupting, it still has this to go through. Then if it was an eruption that had a lot of ash, it would still take several days to drift over Europe.

At this stage, it is all ifs still. I'm fairly sure, flying to Amsterdam on Wednesday would be fine. I personally would be more worried about returning. So I would be checking my travel insurance as many companies do not cover it.

However I would recommend you check your individual policy as I am aware that list is slightly misleading as there are other insurers not on that list that do cover it (I think for example, Barclays do cover but they don't appear in the article as they aren't a major travel insurer).

The problems aren't with flying out, its getting stranded and flying back thats the problem... last time we got lucky and our flight out was the day they reopened airspace - when we got to our destination, it was still in total chaos and I really would not want to be in that situation.

Oh no I'm meant to be flying to Italy on Friday, do you think I'll make it? (Pointless question I realise, you can't know that!) DH has been out there for a month already, I'll be gutted if I can't get.

Re the safety of flying in volcano dust (above ice), I saw the other day a technical bod from EasyJet ( yes they have one) on Sky I believe, and he said that technology has come on from the last volcano, re the tracking of volcano dust and the coating in engines available to stop them damaging various 'bits'.

Apparent NEXT time there will be no government blanket ban on flying JUST IN CASE enough dust in on every route, we have the ways and means to KNOW when unsafe to fly.